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"The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young" is the latest release from the group Uncle Bonsai. Now celebrating 36 years, the group continues tackle topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with the family.

This recording includes:

Brand New World

Problems

Bat

The Family Feast (live)

In The End (live)

New Jobs for America (An Ode to Teachers) (live)

The Rise and Fall of an Inevitable Clown (live)

Big Happy Family (live)

Seasonal Work (A Song for the Holidays)

Modern Medicine (Old Man Arms)

The Monster in the Closet

Go To Sleep

Singers Ratshin, O'Neill and Adler are pitch-perfect in their delivery of often complex harmonic arrangements. And if there were an Ella Fitzgerald Award for Exquisite Elocution in Song, they would surely get it. The trio officially bills itself as a "folk" outfit, but has none of the naiveté that label might suggest. These are nicely edgy, sour-sweet songs, written for grown-ups. - Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times.

The Grim Parade, the first new Uncle Bonsai release in almost 10 years, is a collection of live and studio performances that present the group's unflinching portrayals of life, love, and a guy named Doug.

The third "original" Uncle Bonsai release, Myn Ynd Wymyn showcases many of the songs that the group was recording at the "end." Recorded live in the studio, this was originally a cassette-only release and has been remastered for this CD

A collection of unreleased songs from the early years of Uncle Bonsai, this live recording features many of the "lost" songs from 1984 - 1989, in addition to some songs from the original Myn Ynd Wymyn cassette release.

What can we say about Sponge Boy? This CD Single features the third, and final, performance of a three minute song called Sponge Boy...of course, on this particular night, it took Uncle Bonsai almost 17 minutes to perform!